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383 Notable deaths
by hanging
Andrei Shkuro
Russian general.
Born January 19th, 1887 in Paschkovskiy.
Died January 17th, 1947 at 59 years old in Moscow (hanging).
Ivan Kalyayev
Russian poet, a member of the socialist-revolutionary party.
Born July 6th, 1877 in Warsaw.
Died May 23rd, 1905 at 27 years old in Shlisselburg (hanging).
Josef Wirmer
German jurist and resistance fighter against the nazi régime (1901-1944).
Born March 19th, 1901 in Paderborn.
Died September 8th, 1944 at 43 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Vojtech Tuka
Slovak minister of foreign affairs of the slovakia, prime minister of the slovakia and war criminal (1880-1946).
Born July 4th, 1880 in Štiavnické Bane. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1946 at 66 years old in Bratislava (hanging). [ref]
Julius Fučík
Czech journalist and revolutionary.
Born February 23rd, 1903 in Prague, Smíchov. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1943 at 40 years old in Berlin, Plötzensee Prison (hanging). [ref]
Hotsumi Ozaki
Japanese journalist.
Born April 29th, 1901 in Shirakawa-gō.
Died November 7th, 1944 at 43 years old in Toshima-ku (hanging).
Takuma Nishimura
Japanese general.
Born September 1st, 1899 in Fukuoka.
Died June 11th, 1951 at 51 years old in Manus Island (hanging).
Jules Pascin
French painter (1885-1930).
Born March 31st, 1885 in Vidin. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1930 at 45 years old in Paris (hanging). [ref]
Marcin Wrona
Polish film director.
Born March 25th, 1973 in Tarnów.
Died September 18th, 2015 at 42 years old in Gdynia (hanging).
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir